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convention direction force key members nice pleased process proximity setting thanks turned weather
We're pleased to see that SDCA members have turned out in force thanks to nice weather and the proximity of the convention this year. Having our members participate in the policy-development process is key to setting the direction we want for NCBA. Scott Jones
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I think we've established a convention on the show that allows us to do pretty much anything we want to. Thayer David
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This was a safe speech. You don't go into a convention to talk about the issues that divide us.
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We had a very nice rally, primarily due to the fact that we had oil down, and there was some relief that the convention passed without incident.
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This process has to be entirely in the hands of Iraqis, and it has to be done by a constitutional convention that is completely free of all other institutions in Iraq, including the governing council. Ahmed Chalabi
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We ran into him later that night at the convention and he listened to us again. We just kept running into him at shows. We also ran into him at the National Folk Festival in Richmond.
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We've steered to the idea that the Contemporary is a convention resort. Kevin Myers
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Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. Barack Obama
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I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. George Takei
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We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise.
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We are people, individuals comprising a variety of sexes, races, shifting sexualities and all the rest of it. Every convention that tries to reinforce this difference is a step back. Notions of gender pointlessly separate men from women, but also mothers from daughters and fathers from sons. Robert Webb
convention entry hard last night opened struggle wednesday
I was still working on my last entry on Wednesday night before the convention opened on Thursday. So, it was a long, hard struggle to get where I was.
convention god
No convention on God's foot-stool can, or has a right to, run me and make anything but a Democrat out of me. Melville Fuller
convention fight national
One of the things I'll fight when we have the national convention is to keep the coaches' challenge. Gary Patterson
convention difficult hang
What we really need to do is hang together, as we have in this convention through this difficult time, and find a way through this.
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Bureaus provide services to convention groups; they provide education through sponsorship dollars at meetings like this. But isn't it interesting. Bureaus are under attack, but we're not doing anything about it.
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New Orleans routinely has hosted conventions of 20, 30, 40, 60,000 people. This is a convention town unlike anything you've ever seen. So they've got to get that back. That fuels the economy.
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Obviously, that's where the opportunity is for Denver, given the new convention center. It catapults Denver into the national spotlight. I'd hit the accelerator hard on that.
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I can't see a lot of development without that convention center.
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I once went to a 'Star Trek' convention by mistake - I thought I was going to a 'Doctor Who' one. Sylvester McCoy
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it. Adam Green
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I look forward to their convention and look forward to hearing the President talk about what he will do for the next four years. He hasn't done it up to this point. Harold Ford, Jr.
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Perhaps what you call conventionality, I call decency. Dodie Smith
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I think it's a great move putting another person in there on the convention side.
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to date, there is no specific intelligence that tells us or indicates to us that the convention itself would be subject to an attack. Tom Ridge
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I think the convention is off to a wonderful start. Artur Davis
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We look forward to having a great convention center,
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He will not be participating in the convention at all.
convention fund host million pleased secured
Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods. Thomas Menino
convention elected great mccain slate
We had a great convention. ... We elected a great slate of McCain delegates for the convention in Philadelphia.
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Use your network to send progressive delegates to the convention in Boston. ... We are not going away, we are staying together, unified, all of us. Howard Dean
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Well, we think the convention is a great opportunity for people to learn more about John Kerry and John Edwards, Jeanne Shaheen
convention excited location move next
I was really excited about the turnout, ... I never thought it would get this big. We've outgrown the convention center, so I'll have to move to another location next year.